CHICAGO – In our latest extra-specialconcert edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Music, we have 2 concert tickets plus $25 in Karma Kash up for grabs for the upcoming Jack’s Mannequin performance at House of Blues Chicago! The performance the day before is already sold out!Day-of tickets are $28 each, so this is valued at $81!

Jack’s Mannequin is a pop/rock band whose third studio album debuted in the Billboard Top 10 when it was released in the fall. They are playing two shows at House of Blues Chicago this month. The first show on Jan. 24, 2012 is already sold out, but HollywoodChicago.com is hooking you up one grand-prize winner and a guest for the second date on Jan. 25, 2012!

For more information and to purchase tickets if you don’t win, see here.

Along with two tickets to the show, our one grand-prize winner also receives access to the House of Blues Chicago’s Foundation Room (normally reserved for members) and $25 worth of Karma Kash. Karma Kash can be spent either in the restaurant to eat or drink before the show or at their retail store. For Foundation Room access, our winner and your guest must be 21+.

To win your free concert tickets and Karma Kash for Jack’s Mannequin at the House of Blues Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This performance is on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 at 6 p.m. (doors at 5 p.m.) at the House of Blues Chicago in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and get hooked up at the House of Blues Chicago can be found beneath the graphic below.

Jack’s Mannequin performs at House of Blues Chicago on Jan. 25, 2012.Image credit: House of Blues Chicago

Here is information about the Jack’s Mannequin tour:

Jack’s Mannequin has announced 2012 tour dates in support of “People and Things,” which was released on Oct. 4, 2011. The band recently wrapped up a five-week tour with a pair of hometown shows that included the sold-out Dear Jack Foundation Benefit Concert at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theater.

The show raised money for frontman Andrew McMahon’s Dear Jack Foundation, which is a volunteer-run charitable organization that helps raise awareness and supports charities that help young adult cancer patients. Jack’s Mannequin performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Dec. 5, 2011. In 2012, the band sets off on a string of U.S. dates that kick off in St. Louis on Jan. 19, 2012 and run through Feb. 11, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Following the U.S. tour, Jack’s Mannequin will head to Australia for the Soundwave Festival before heading to Japan for a handful of dates.

“People and Things” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s alternative albums chart and at No. 9 on the overall Billboard 200 chart as well as at No. 9 on Spotify’s album chart. American Songwriter called the first single “My Racing Thoughts” “a superb piece of piano rock that rivals some of Elton John’s best 1970s hits” and calls “People and Things” “easily the most musically cohesive album in the band’s catalog thus far”.

The “People and Things” short film “Release Me” from Jack’s Mannequin can be watched now below.

To win your free prizes, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com Web site account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having a Web site account with a valid e-mail address is required to win. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below with your first and last name along with an answer to this question:

Who are your favorite people?What are your favorite things?***You MUST also include your first and last name in your comment.***

This HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Submit your comment below with your first and last name and we’ll award one grand-prize winner via e-mail for our Jack’s Mannequin Hookup at House of Blues Chicago. Your two tickets, $25 in Karma Kash and Foundation Room access will be available at will call on the day of the show on Jan. 25, 2012. Our winner must bring a valid photo ID to the House of Blues Chicago and must be 21+ for Foundation Room access. Good luck!

First off, I LOVETHISBAND! I’ve been following Andrew since the 1st official Something Corporate CD came out in the early 2000s.
My favorite people are my husband, my mother, my friends, Travis Barker, Andrew McMahon, Jared Leto, and any other musician I look up to. I love music.
My favorite things are my kitten, music, my instruments, CD collection, and computer!

My name is Samantha Fetzner and this would be the greatest Hollywood Chicago hookup ever to win!

My favorite people would have to be Jacks fans. Especially the ones that have been following him since Something Corporate. These are the most laidback, easy going, fun people I have ever met. I always make friend at his concerts since his fans have an appreciation for Andrew and his rough journey to the awesome place he is today.

My favorite things would have to be the simple things that bring me joy. The feel and smell of old books. The texture of a bracelet I always wear for sentimental reasons. The click and clack of my old typewrite as I type. Any Jacks fan can tell you to enjoy to simple things in life while you can.

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